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Yuppicide

Here to kick some hide!

About Me


This is the Ofiicial page of the NY Hardcore Punk band YUPPICIDE.Born in Brooklyn in 88, died in Brooklyn '99.
Joe, Steve, and Jesse met while attending art school in Brooklyn, NY. John Lynch was recruited on drums and in 1988 Yuppicide was formed.
Yuppicide's songs have consistently dealt with issues of: questioning authority, censorship, and problematic relationships. With lyrics that encompasses various characters (assassins to anorexic teenage girls) Yuppicide has rarely walked the common hardcore path.
Their first full length: "Fear Love" (Wreck-Age) was released in 1990,after which they toured through Europe for 7 weeks building a strong fan base that has stayed with them ever since. Their second full length: "Shinebox" was released in 1993 (Wreck-Age), and marked a stylistic progression, aided by the addition of a new drummer: Pete Guinan. By their third full length release: "Dead man walking" (Wreck-Age), Yuppicide had carved out a niche all their own, with songs that had elements of punk, and the power of hardcore, but a style that was solely Yuppicide!
Check out our Live Videos (updated) on YouTube (circa 1997)!
Our friends at KCDC skate shop in Brooklyn have made a Yuppicide tribute shirt using some of Steve's art work form our first CD, KCDC store .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/3/2006
Band Members: Steve Karp - guitar, Jesse KFW Jones - vocals, Joe Keefe - bass, Pete Guinan - drums.
Influences: Black Flag, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Madness, The Specials, Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, Negative Approach, The Blitz, Stiff Little Fingers, Underdog.

Failed Romances, Lust, Addiction, Bigots, Big heads and bastards, Blue Velvet, Falling Down, Taxi Driver, The Professional, Apocolypse Now, Good Fellas, Big Daddy Roth, Lo Brow Culture, Muscle Cars, Molotov Cocktails, Mega Phones, Fear and hope.
Record Label: Wreck-Age, now distrbuted by Go Cart
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ReUnion requests

It's really flattering to get comments from Yuppicide fans asking when we'll do a reunion tour. Personally Yuppicide is always very high on the list of the things I'm most proud of doing in my life. W...
Posted by Yuppicide on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:19:00 PST

Bad Brains at CBGBs

Jesse here. I went to see Bad Brains at CBGBs 2 nights ago. CBGBs is closing in a few days and this was one of the last shows. Bad Brains played three nights in a row with different openers and I went...
Posted by Yuppicide on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:36:00 PST

New Songs posted

We've posted new songs. This time round its a track from each album and one from a compilation. We'll include the lyrics if they're easily accesible, other wise you'll have to figure them out! - Do yo...
Posted by Yuppicide on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:40:00 PST

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

What ever happen to the band members and the crew that toured with them?Jesse Jones (Vocals): Jesse is finishing translating and illustrating a 12th century, 7 volume series of Tibetan pet erotica. He...
Posted by Yuppicide on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:01:00 PST